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<H1>-o (set Output directory) switch</H1>

<P>Specifies a destination directory where files are to be extracted.</P>
<P>This switch can be used only with extraction commands.</P>

<H4>Syntax</H4>

<PRE class="syntax">
-o{dir_path}
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  <DT>{dir_path}</DT>
  <DD>This is the destination directory path. It's not required to end with a backslash.
  If you specify <B>*</B> in {dir_path}, 7-Zip substitutes that * character to archive name.</DD>
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<H4>Example</H4>

<PRE class="example">
7z x archive.zip -oc:\Doc
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<P>extracts all files from the <SPAN class="filename">archive.zip</SPAN> archive
to the <SPAN class="filename">c:\Doc</SPAN> directory.</P>

<PRE class="example">
7z x *.zip -o*
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<P>extracts all <SPAN class="filename">*.zip</SPAN> archives to subfolders
with names of these archives.</P>

<H4>Commands that can be used with this switch</H4>

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  <A href="../commands/extract.htm">e (Extract)</A>,
  <A href="../commands/extract_full.htm">x (Extract with full paths)</A>
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